Blue Valley Southwest gets first playoff win in school history
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For five weeks, the losses piled up. </p><p>The Blue Valley Southwest Timberwolves, a second-year football program, had embarked on their East Kansas League schedule, a meat-grinder with bigger schools and established programs. And the result was an 0-5 record for the Class 4A Timberwolves in late September.</p><p>“All year, we’ve been saying the same thing,” BV Southwest coach Bill Lowe said. “Just hang in there, hang in there.”</p><p>The translation: The schedule would soften and the wins would come — if they learned lessons while they took their lumps.</p><p>Five weeks later, Blue Valley Southwest notched its first playoff win in school history in a 27-6 victory over Baldwin on Tuesday night at Blue Valley High School. </p><p>Junior quarterback Aaron Ramsey ran for two touchdowns, including a back-breaking 54-yard score in the second half, as the Timberwolves stretched their winning streak to five games. </p><p>Sophomore Drake Herrman added two interceptions. The defense shut down Baldwin’s rushing attack. And the Timberwolves hoisted a Class 4A bidistrict championship plaque as they avenged last year’s playoff loss against Baldwin.</p><p>“Most of the guys that are here right now played on that team,” Ramsey said. “…And we’ve remembered it.” </p><p>BV Southwest will play Piper on Saturday with a spot in the 4A state quarterfinals on the line. </p><p>So far, it appears the hard knocks from the EKL losses have stiffened the resolve of a team with just a handful of seniors. </p><p>“When we come down and play these 4A teams, they won’t be able to beat us,” Ramsey said. “Because we’ve gone up against that competition; we’ve played our hearts out against that other competition.” </p><p>On Tuesday, Lowe said he had one more lesson for his team. When Lowe was a junior at Blue Valley in 1971, he scored the first touchdown in the history of the Blue Valley field against Baldwin — in a 61-6 loss. </p><p>“I told our kids that story this week,” Lowe said, smiling. “I’ve been waiting a lot of years … to get a chance to play Baldwin again.”
Source: Kansas City Star
Lawyers debate release of police reports
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The prosecution in a case involving four gang members
who allegedly savagely kicked and beat an opposing gang member with
a pair of shovels and a meat grinder has asked the court to keep
police reports out of the hands of the defendants, arguing that
information in the reports could be used to track down and
intimidate witnesses.
Superior Court Judge James F. Iwasko listened to testimony from
expert gang witnesses and lawyers representing four Southside gang
members accused of beating a member of the rival VLP gang Sept. 4
at East Airport Avenue and North D Street.
A decision was postponed until Tuesday, Nov. 21. The hearing
will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Megan Ross said she believes the
witnesses are endangered when suspects have access to police
records.
“They do not need these police reports,” she said.
Ross said the police records could be copied and then sent to
other members of the gangs who could use the information to track
down and harass witnesses preventing a hearing.
Source: Lompoc Record
